also: どんれい
noun, na-adjective
avariciousness and inhumanity
Archaic term combining greed with cruelty or lack of human feeling; not used in modern Japanese outside of classical or historical contexts.
古典では、貪戻な行いが厳しく戒められている。
In classical texts, avaricious and inhumane conduct is strictly admonished.
Compound of 貪 (greed) and 戻 (perversity, cruelty). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it appears in classical Chinese-influenced Japanese texts.